Grzegorz Kaszyński

grzekasz@vp.pl

20 March 2019

JOHN 1:1c
149 translations
not rendering
theos ēn ho logos
as “the Word was God”
The oldest Greeks papyrus with John 1:1

¸66 (Papirus Bodmer II)

c. 200 C.E.

¸75 (Papirus Bodmer XIV. XV)

3 century
The Coptic papyrus with John 1:1

Papirus Chester Beatty 813

3 century
 If you know some Bible version(s) that not have in this document,
please let me know about it. From advance thank you very much!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
I would like to express my appreciation for:
● Gerd Imhoff (Germany) who sending me scans of John 1:1 from
the following German
German translations:
Albrecht, Bauer, Becker, Böhmer, Haenchen, Heitmüller,
Jeremias, Menge, Pfäfflin, Thimme, Wiese & Gute Nachricht.
Nachricht.
● Heinz Schmitz (USA) who sending me scans of John 1:1
from versions of Hall, Jannaris and Price.
Price.
● Jan Kå
Kåre Christensen (Norway) who sending me scans of John 1:1
from Brune’s version.
● Didier Fontaine (France) who sending me scans of John 1:1
from Pautrat ’s version. Thank you very much!

NOTE:
This document NOT contain the 2 controversial
versions, which translators were spiritists
(cf. Acts 16:16-18). They are:

1
John S. Thompson
A Monotessaron;
Monotessaron; or, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to the
Four Evangelists: Harmonized and Chronologically Arranged,
In A New Translation From the Greek Text of Griesbach
Baltimore: J. Robinson, Part First, 1828, p. 12

2
Johannes Greber
Das Neue Testament aus dem Griechischen neu
übersetzt und erklärt
New York: John Felsberg, Inc., 1937

and the Word was a ‘god’

god’

(see “Foreword” in Ed. of 1980, p. 15, § 2, 3)

 1

1581
 
(=Besorot ha-qeru’ot shanah ba-shana) //
Evangelia anniversaria, quae Dominicis diebus &
in Sanctorum festis leguntur, Hebraicè conuerfa
(Liturgical Gospels /selected fragments/ + part of the Acts 9)
Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini
Friedrich Peters (Fridericum Petri)

and a god was the Speech



http://books.google.pl/books?id=qsRIAAAAcAAJ
 2

1599
Nouum Testamentum D[omi]ni N[ost]ri Iesu Christi:
Syriacè Ebraicè Graecè Latinè Germanicè Bohemicè
Italicè Hispanicè Gallicè Anglicè Danicè Polonicè
(NT in 12 languages)
Noribergae
Elias Hutter (Eliae Hutteri)

and a god was the Word

bd 

http://www.bibles-online.net/hutter/NewTestament/4-John/
 3 CATHOLIC

1615
Testame[n]tum Nouum
MSS Neofiti 32, Vatican
(4 Gospels)
Domenico Jerosomilitano (Dominicus Hierosomilitanus)

and a god was that Word

'w bd 

https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Neofiti.32
 4 CATHOLIC

1639/1668
hSdxh hrwthm ynwylygh ynb' hvbr'
Quatuor Evangelia Novi Testamenti Ex Latino in Hebraicum fermonem verfa
(4 Gospels)
Romae: S. C. Prop. Fidei
Giovanni Battista Jona (Ioanne Baptista Iona)

and a god was the word

bd 

http://books.google.pl/books?id=uStJAAAAcAAJ
 5

1660
Das Neue Testament:
Treulich aus dem Grichischen
ins Deutsche übersetzet
Amsterdam: Christoff Cunraden
Jeremias Felbinger

and the Speech was a god

und di Rede war ein Gott

http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN737238097
 6

1682
DUTCH
Verklaaring Over de Leer, het Leeven, Daaden
en Lijden onzes Zaaligmaakers.
Door den Apostel Johannes Geschreeveu.
Gedruckt voor der Autheuren
Frans Kuyper

and the word was a god

en het woord was een God

https://books.google.pl/books?id=DzhlAAAAcAAJ
 7

1687
DUTCH
Aantekeningen Of Verklaaringen Over het geheele Nieuwe Testament
Als mede over de Klaagliederen van Jeremias
t’Amsteldam: Isaak Pietersz
Petrus Langedult

and the speech was a god

ende de rede was een God

https://books.google.pl/books?id=md1jAAAAcAAJ
 8

1694
DUTCH
Het Nieuwe Testament
Van Onze Heer Jesus Christus, Uit het Grieksch Vertaald
Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz
Reynier Rooleeuw

and the Word was a god

en het Woord was een God

https://books.google.pl/books?id=TwBiAAAAcAAJ
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1768
A Liberal Translation of the New Testament (Vol. 1)
London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt
Edward Harwood

and was himself a divine person

Vol. 1:
https://archive.org/details/liberaltranslati01harw
 10

1800
“New Translation of First Chapter of St. John”
The Gentleman’s Magazine
red. Sylvanus Urban, Vol. LXX (Part 2), p. 923
London: Nichols and Son
John Hill (signed as “Inspector”)

and A GOD was THE ORACLE

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006056643
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1805
hSdxh hrwthm ynwylygh ynb' hvbr'
Quatuor Evangelia Novi Testamenti Ex Latino in Hebraicum fermonem verfa
(4 Gospels, in British Museum Library as MSS 11659)
London
Thomas Yeates

and a god was the Word

bdh 

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_11659_fs001r
 12

1807
An Exposition of the Historical Writings
of the New Testament,
With Reflections Subjoined to Each Section (in 3Vols.)
London: Longman Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row
Timothy Kenrick

and the Word was [a] God

https://books.google.pl/books?id=jgUWAAAAYAAJ
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1808
The New Testament, in An Improved Version,
Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome’s New Translation:
With a Corrected Text, and Notes Critical and Explanatory
London: Richard Taylor and Co.
Thomas Belsham

and the Word was a god

https://archive.org/details/newtestamentinim00newc
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1813
ySm yp l hSd y
Brit Chadasha al pi Meshiach
London: B. R. Godkman
Thomas Fry – William B. Collyer

and the Word was a god

bd 

https://books.google.pl/books?id=aB6w-32xqCMC
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1823
The New Testament
being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament
Philadelphia: William Fry
Abner Kneeland

and the Word was a God

http://books.google.com/books?id=8fMSAAAAYAAJ
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1828
Das Leben Jesu, als Grundlage einer reinen Geschichte des Urchristentums.
De wortgetrue, erklärende, synoptische Uebersetzung der vier vereint
geordneten Evangelien in Beziehung auf die Geschichterzählung derselben:
Der Text=Uebersetzung erste Abtheilung (Vol. 2)
Heildelberg: C. F. Winter
Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus

and a g o d was that Spokesman spirit

und e i n G o t t war jener Sprechergeist

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008407525
 17

1831
hSdh yh rps
wnySwmw wnnd' yp l
Sefer HaBrit HaChadasha al pi Adonenu weMoshianu
London: Samuel Bagster
William Greenfield

and the Word was a god

bd 

https://books.google.pl/books?id=sMlWAAAAcAAJ
 18

1864
A Literal Translation of the New Testament (Ed. 6)
London: Evan Evans
Herman Heinfetter (=Frederick Parker)

as the command had relation to a God

Ed. of 1849 & 1853:

http://books.google.pl/books?id=PYsEAAAAQAAJ
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1864
The Emphatic Diaglott
New York: Fowler & Wells Co. Publishers
Benjamin Wilson

literal section: translation section:

and a god was the word and the LOGOS was God

https://archive.org/details/emphaticdiaglott00wils
 20a

1872
FRENCH
Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Genève: A. Cherbuliez et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs
Paris: Librairie Sandoz & Fischbacher
Hugues Oltramare

and the Word was god

et la Parole était dieu

https://archive.org/details/Httplamejortraducciondelabiblia.blogspot.
com.es201505quien-fue-hugues-oltramare.html
 20b

1908
FRENCH
Le Nouveau Testament
Paris: Agence de la Société Biblique Protestante
Hugues Oltramare

and the Word was divine nature

et la Parole était d’essence divine
 21

1877
 
Sifre HaBrit HaChadasha (Ed. 1)
Leipzig: Ackermann
Franz J. Delitzsch

and a god was the Word

bd 

https://books.google.pl/books?id=EkHgAAAAMAAJ
 22

1879
FRENCH
La Sainte Bible
Geneva-Paris: Les Sociétiés Bibliques
Louis Segond – Hugues Oltramare

and the Word was god

et la Parole était dieu
 23

1885
 HaBrit HaChadasha
Edinburgh
Isaac E. Salkinson – Christian D. Ginsburg

I. E. Salkinson C. D. Ginsburg

and he, the Word, was a god

  bd'w

Ed. 1907
https://archive.org/details/04-Section4-JewishHebrewnewTestament-HebrewHebreuHebraic-1898
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1891
The Bible;
Analyzed, Translated and Accompanied with Critical Studies:
New Testament
Whitesboro, N.Y.: L. A. Sawyer
Leicester Ambrose Sawyer

and the word was a god

https://archive.org/details/bibleanalyzed00sawy
 25

1896
Der Logos. Geschichte seiner Entwickelung
der griechischen Philosophie und der christlichen Litteratur
Leipzig: O. R. Reisland
Anathon August Fredrik Aall

and a god being was the Logos

und ein Gottwesen war der Logos

In this book individual verses are on pages 110-123

https://archive.org/details/derlogosgeschic03aallgoog
 26

1897
Das Neue Testament
übersetz in die Sprache der Gegenwart
Leipzig: Phillip Reclam jun.
Curt Stage

and the W o r d was itself of divine being

und das W o r t war selbst göttlichen Wesens

https://books.google.pl/books?id=HOU2AAAAMAAJ (limited view)

 27

1898
The Coptic Version of the New Testament
in the Northern Dialect
otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic (Vol. 2)
Oxford: Clerendon Press
George W. Horner

and God (indef. art.) was the Word

https://archive.org/details/copticversionofn01hornuoft
 28

1901
The Testament of Jesus
(a harmony of the 4 Gospels with many quotations of the OT)
Watford: C. W. Hillyear
Edward Vaughan Kenealy

and the Word was a God, and the Word was the sacred Spirit of God

https://books.google.pl/books?id=bFHvAgAAQBAJ
 29

1901
“St John’s Gospel and the Logos”
Zeitschrift für die neuetestamentliche Wissenschaft (Vol. 2, p. 13-25)
Giessen: J. Ricker’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Alfred Töpelmann)
Antonius Nicholas Jannaris

Now the utterance was made unto God, and was a god.

p. 24, 25
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1905
Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesus Christus,
überseht und mit Anmerkungen begleitet
Berlin: Martin Warneck
Heinrich Wiese

and divine being was the Word

und göttlichen Wesens war das Wort
 31

1908
The Messages of Jesus according to the Gospel of John;
the discourses of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel,
Arranged, Analyzed and Freely Rendered in Paraphrase (Vol. 10)
Frank K. Sanders – Charles F. Kent (Ed.)
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons
James Stevenson Riggs

He who has been to us the Revealer of God

has existed from all eternity in communion with God,
and is himself essentially divine.

https://archive.org/details/messagesofjesusa10rigg
 32

1908
Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments
neu übersetzt und für die Gegenwart erklärt von Otto Baumgarten (Vol. 2)
red. Johannes Weiß, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
translator the Gospel of John in this work:
Wilhelm Heitmüller

and God (of a sort) was the Logos

und Gott (von Art) war der Logos

https://archive.org/details/09660486.1409.emory.edu
 33

1908
Hand-Commentar zum Neuen Testament.
Vierter Band (Erste Abteilung): Evangelium des Johannes
Tübingen: J. C. B. Möhr
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann

and a divine being was the Logos

und göttlichen Wesens war der Logos

https://archive.org/details/p4handcommentarz04holt
 34

1908
Jesus im Urteil der Jahrhunderte.
Die bedeutendsten Auffassungen Jesu in
Theologie, Philosophie, Literatur und Kunst bis zur Gegenwart
Leipzig-Berlin: B. G. Teubner
Gustav Pfannmüller

and a god was the Logos

und ein Gott war der Logos

https://archive.org/details/jesusimurteilde00pfangoog
 35

1909
The Magical Message according to Iôannes (To kata Ioannon Euangelion);
commonly called the Gospel according to [St.] John
New York: The Theosophical Publishing Company of New York
James M. Pryse

and the Thought was a God

https://archive.org/details/cu31924032341327
 36

1910
Das Neue Testament
Stuttgart: Max Kielmann
Eduard Rudolf Böhmer

it was tightly bound up with God, yes, itself of divine being

es war fest mit Gott verbunden, ja selbst göttlichen Wesens
 37

1911
The Coptic Version of the New Testament
in the Southern Dialect
otherwise called Sahidic and Thebaic (Vol. 3)
Oxford: Clerendon Press
George W. Horner

and [a] God was the word

https://archive.org/details/copticversionofn03hornuoft
 38

1913
The New Testament: A New Translation
New York: Hodder and Stoughton
James Moffatt

Logos was divine

http://www.archive.org/details/newtestamentnewt00moff
 39

1913
Jedermanns-Bibel:
Das Neue Testament verdeutscht ubd verdeutlicht für Jedermann
Leipzig: Adolf Klein
Julius Böhmer??

and the Reveled-Mediator has divine qualities itself (unsure translation)

und der Offenbarer-Mittler hatte Gottes Art an sich
 40

1920
Das Neue Testament in die Sprache der Gegenwart (Ed. 1)
Gotha–Thüringen: Evangelischen Buchhandlung
Ludwig Albrecht

yes, divine nature has this Word

ja göttliches Wesen hatte das Wort

Ed. 7
http://www.obohu.cz/bible/index.php?styl=ALBR&k=J&kap=1&v=1 (Ed. 1929)
 41

1922
FRENCH
Les livres du Nouveau Testament:
traduits du Grec en Français avec introduction générale et notices
Paris: Émile Nourry
Alfred F. Loisy

i Logos był bogiem

Et le Logos était dieu

https://archive.org/details/leslivresdunouve00lois
 42

1923
The New Testament: An American Translation
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
Edgar J. Goodsped

and the Word was divine

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001410621
 43

1923
Das Neue Testament (Ed. 2)
Braunschweig: C. Appenhans & Comp.
Hermann Menge

and of divine being was Word

und göttlichen Wesens war das Wort

Ed. 12 (1951): und Gott (= göttlichen Wesens) war das Wort

electronic version:
https://www.die-bibel.de/bibeln/online-bibeln/menge-
bibel/bibeltext/bibel/text/lesen/stelle/53/10001/19999/
 44

1925
Handbuch zum Neuen Testament.
Band 6: Das Johannesevangelium (Ed. 2)
Tübingen: J. C. B. Möhr
Walter Bauer

and God (of a sort) was the Logos

und Gott (von Art) war der Logos
 45

1926
Das Neue Testament
nach dem Stuttgarter griechischen Text (Zweiter Band)
Gießen: Alfred Töpelmann
Oskar Holtzmann

and a god was the Idea

und ein Gott war der Gedanke

https://archive.org/details/MN41393ucmf_2
 46

1929
FRENCH
Le Nouveau Testament: traduction nouvelle
Paris: Payot
Henri Monnier (OT) – Maurice Goguel (NT)

and the Word was a divine being

et le Verbe était un être divin

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gY3B_9mPXMPGoN5jexNeS3dL-qjptv5S/view
 47

1933
Das Neue Testament: Übersetzung in der Originalfassung
Giessen: Urachhaus
Emil Bock

and a divine being was the Word

und ein göttliches Wesen war das Wort

https://pl.scribd.com/doc/157205504/EMIL-BOCK-JOHANNESEVANGELIUM-pdf
 48

1933
Readings in St John’s Gospel
London: Macmillan & Co.
William Temple

and the Word was divine

 49

1938
Briefe über das Johannesevangelium
Stuttgart: Verlag Urachhaus
Friedrich Rittelmeyer

itself a god was the Word

selbst ein Gott war das Wort
 50

1939
The Message of Jesus Christ:
The Tradition of the Early Christian Communities
trans. by Frederick Clifton Grant
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons
Martin Dibelius

and of godlike nature was the everlasting Word

https://books.google.pl/books?hl=pl&id=aoVKAAAAMAAJ (limited view)

 51

1943
The New Testament.
The Gospels: A Translation, Harmony and Annotations
St. Louis–Chicago–New York–Cincinnati: John S. Swift Co. Inc.
Ervin Edward Stringfellow

and the Word was Divine

 52

1945
NORWEGIAN
Det nye testamente i ny oversettelse. I: Evangeliet
Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co.
Johan Lyder Brun

and the Word was of divine kind

og Ordet var av guddomsart
 53

1946
Das Neue Testament für die bibellesende Gemeinde (Ed. 1)
Stuttgart: Privilegierte Württembergische Bibelanstalt
Ludwig Thimme

and God of a sort was the Word

und Gott von Art war das Wort
 54

1947
DUTCH
De vier Evangeliën: uit de Griekse tekst vertaald
Amsterdam: Christengemeenschap
Heinrich A. P. J. Ogilvie

and a divine being was the Word

en een goddelijk wezen was het Woord

NT (1968):
em goddelijk was het Woordwezen
 55

1947
The Four Gospels: A New Translation (Ed. 2)
London: Hodder and Stoughton
Charles C. Torrey

and the Word was god

https://archive.org/details/fourgospels00torruoft
 56

1949
Das Neue Testament in der Sprache von heute
Heilbronn und Stuttgart: Eugen Salzer
Friedrich Pfäfflin

and was of divine weightiness

und war von göttlicher Wucht
 57

1949
The Four Gospels in One Story,
Written as a Modern Biography:
With difficult passages clarified and Explanatory Notes
London - New York - Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co
Freeman Wills Crofts

the Energising Mind was divine

https://books.google.pl/books?id=QRVWAAAAMAAJ (limited view)

 58

1958
The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Anointed
Pocatello: Arrowhead Press, USA
James L. Tomanek

and the Word was a God

https://archive.org/stream/TheNewTestamentForEnglishReadersAlford
H.rOpts/NewTestament TomanekJL 1958-opt
 59

1961
The New English Bible
Oxford-Cambridge-New York
Charles T. Dodd

and what God was, the Word was

 60

1962
FRENCH
Les quatre Évangiles, nouvellement traduits et annotés
Gallimard: Presses universitaires de France
Hubert Pernot

and the Logos was god

et le Logos était dieu
 61

1967
Der Prolog des Johannesevangeliums (Johannes 1, 1-18)
Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag
Joachim Jeremias

and godlike sort was the Logos

und göttlicher Art war der Logos

https://books.google.pl/books?id=J68qAQAAMAAJ (limited view)

 62

1968
The New Testament: A New Translation
London: Collins St James’s Place
William Barclay

and the nature of the Word was the same as the nature of God
 63

1973
The Translator’s New Testament
London: B&FBS
William D. McHardy

and the Word was with God and shared his nature

https://archive.org/stream/TheNewTestamentForEnglishReadersAlfordH.rOpts/Translator'sNT
 64

1976
The Modern Hebrew New Testament (Ed. 1)
The Bible Society in Israel
(Ed. 2, 1995; Ed. 3, 2010)
Joseph Atzmon – Yohanan Elihai

and the Word was a god

bd 

https://www.jewishtestimonies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ModernHebrewNT.pdf
 65

1978
Das Evangelium nach Johannes
Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalz
Johannes Schneider

and godlike sort was the Logos

und göttlicher Art war der Logos
 66

1979
Das Evangelium nach Johannes
Würtzburg: Gütersloher Verlagshaus
Jürgen Becker

and a god was the Logos

und ein Gott war der Logos

Ed. of 2001
 67a

1980
GERMAN VERSION
Das Johannesevangelium. Ein Kommentar
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Ernst Haenchen

und Gott (von Art) war der Logos

 67b

1984
ENGLISH VERSION
A Commentary on the Gospel of John.
John 1: Chapters 1-6
trans. by Robert W. Funck
Philadelphia: Fortress Press
Ernst Haenchen

and divine [of the category divinity] was the Logos

https://books.google.pl/books?id=FerYAAAAMAAJ
 68

1980
Das Neue Testament
Karlsbad – Langensteinbach, Baden: Bibelheim Bethanien
Adolf Pfleiderer

and God of a sort was the Word

und Gott von Art war das Wort

http://www.bibelwissen.ch/wiki/Joh_1:1

https://www.bibelpedia.com/index.php?title=Pfleiderer,_Adolf
 69

1982
Die Bibel in heutigem Deutsch:
Die Gute Nachricht
Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
?

He was with God and in every respect was like God

Er war bei Gott und in allem Gott gleich

online version: https://www.bibleserver.com/text/GNB/Johannes1

Ed. 1 (1967):
Was Gott war, das war das Wort auch
What God was, that was the Word also
 70

1985
The Original New Testament
San Francisco-Cambridge-Hagerstown-New York-Philadelphia-
London-Mexico City-São Paolo-Singapore-Sydney:
Harper & Row Publishers
Hugh J. Schonfield

So the Word was divine

 71

1985
HAITIAN CREOLE
Bib la: paròl Bondié an ayisyin (Ed. 1)
Port au Prince: Société Biblique Haitienne

So what God was, the Word also was

Sa Bondye te ye, se sa Pawòl la te ye tou

Ed. 2 (1999)

http://www.bibel-lesen.com/images/PDF-Bibeln/Bible – Haitian Creole Bible.pdf

 72

1987
Das Evangelium nach Johannes
Göttingen-Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Siegfried Schulz

and a god (or: of a divine kind) was the Word

und ein Gott (oder: Gott von Art) war das Wort

https://download.digitale-sammlungen.de/pdf/1467378619bsb00051667.pdf
 73

1987
Living Destiny. The Man From Matthew Mark Luke John
Knoxville: Proguides Publishers, TN, USA
Marley Cole

The Word himself is a God, a Mighty One.

 74

1989
The Revised English Version New Testament
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press
M. Jack Suggs
Katherine Doob Sakenfield
James R. Mueller

and what God was, the Word was

https://archive.org/details/revisedenglishbi00oxfo (Ed. 1989)

https://books.google.pl/books?id=n61YBQAAQBAJ (Ed. 1992)
 75

1989
God’s New Covenant: A New Testament Translations
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Heinz W. Cassirer

and the Word was the very same as God

https://archive.org/details/godsnewcovenantn01cass
 76

1991
The Unvarnished New Testament
Grand Rapids: Phanes Press, USA
Andy Gaus

and God was what the Word was

http://books.google.pl/books?id=8UjFAZ9xOQEC
 77

1991
The Christian Bible: Its New Contract Writings Portion.
A Literal, Accurate, Plain English New Testament (Ed.1)
Christian Bible Society (Ed. 2, 1995)
translators team
Lynne Alberts?

and the Word represented God

https://archive.org/stream/TheNewTestamentForEnglishReadersAlfordH.
rOpts/TheChristianBibleNT2nd 1995
 78

1992
The New Testament
Edinburgh: Floris Books
(updated 2017)
Jon Madsen

and the Word was a divine Being

https://books.google.pl/books?id=AWzfDQAAQBAJ (Ed. 2017)

 79

1993
The Five Gospels
The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus:
New Translation and Commentary
New York: HarperSanFrancisco
Robert W. Funk – Roy W. Hoover and the Jesus Seminar

The divine word and wisdom was there with God,

and it was what God was

https://pl.scribd.com/document/260445525/Robert-W-Funk-The-Five-Gospels-What-
Did-Jesus-Really-Say-the-Search-for-the-Authentic-Words-of-Jesus-HarperOne-1996
 80

1994
POLISH
Ewangelia Jana: przekład filologiczny z języka greckiego
Warszawa: Sławomir Łuczkiewicz
Sławomir Łuczkiewicz

Wewnątrz w nieokreślonej fundamentalnej zasadzie jakościowo był

lecz nie dokonał się określony odwzorowany wniosek,
i ten odwzorowany wniosek jakościowo był
lecz nie dokonał się istotnie do wiadomego boga,
i jakiś niewiadomy bóg jakościowo był ten odwzorowany wniosek.

. . . and an unknown god . . .

This Polish Gospel contain “to pain-literal“ translation (ultraliteral),

which extremally hard is translate into English.
 81

1995
Die Heilige Schrift NT.
Konkordantes Neues Testament mit Stichwortkonkordanz (Ed. 6)
Birkenfeld: Konkordanter Verlag Pforzheim
?

and like God was the Word

und wie Gott war das Wort

http://www.konkordanterverlag.de/Download/download.html
 82

1999
st.
21 Century New Testament:
The Literal/Free Dual Translation
Bristol: Insight Press, England
Vivian Capel

literal section: translation section:

and the [Marshal] [Word] was a god a mighty spirit, the Marshal
 83

2000
The Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
commonly called the New Testament
RVIC2000
being the Revised Version (American Version) Improved and Corrected
from manuscripts discovered and published to A.D. 1999
Preliminary Edition
James B. Parkinson

the Word also was a god

http://herald-magazine.com/christian-literature/online-bible/
 84

2000
FRENCH
Jean. Évangile: Traduit du grec, préfacé et annoté
Rivages poche
Bernard Pautrat

and the word was a god

et la parole était dieu
NOTE: du dieu=God / dieu=a god or divine
 85

2001
Jesus of the Four Gospels
Lincoln: Writers Club Press, USA
Walter J. Schenck, Jr.

and the Logos was a divine being

https://books.google.pl/books?id=mMi6MXuyQgMC
 86

2001
An American English Version – 2001 Translation
html
James Wheeler (Ch. Ed.)

version of 14-03-2019:

and the Word was a powerful one (gr. theos or god-like)

http://www.2001translation.com/JOHN.htm
 87

2002
The Holy New Covenant: Galilee Translation Project
PDF
Thomas L. Hackett

and the Word is the essence of God

http://www.thomhackett.com/bible_and_christian_resources.htm#Online_Bibles1
 88

2003
kata iwHannhs
The Coptic Gospel of John 1:1-14
html
Lance Jenott

and the Word was a God

https://www.depts.washington.edu/cartah/text_qrchive/coptic/copt.john.shtml
 89

2003
Das Neue Testament und frühchristliche Schriften (Ed. 6)
Leipzig: Insel Verlag (Ed. 1, 1999)
Klaus Berger – Christiane Nord

At first the Word already was, near the God and of divine sort.(unsure translation)
Zuerst war das Wort da, Gott nahe und von Gottes Art.
 90

2003
Das vollkommene Evangelium nach Johannes (Ed. 1)
Erfurt: Christlich Essenische Kirche, Erfurt
Franz Eberhard Eckard Strohm

and the Christ was a god

und der Christus war ein Gott

http://www.cek.sk/user/2/upload/ftp_client/Complete Gospel/DAS VOLLKOMMENE

EVANGELIUM.pdf
 91

2004
AFRIKAANS
Woord en Getuienis: Torah, Vroeëre, Profete Latere,
Profete Ketuviem, Kleinere Profete, Na-Messiaanse Skrifte
’n Publikasie van Elim Bedieninge Vishoek, Maart
John Wahl

and powerful was the word

en magtig was die woord
 92a CATHOLIC

2004
SPANISH
El Evangelio de Juan
by José Pérez Escobar, editorial verbo divino, Estella /Navarra/
Francis J. Moloney

and what God was, the Word also was

en y loque Dios era tambien lo era la Palabra

https://pl.scribd.com/doc/165519334/Moloney-Francis-j-El-Evangelio-de-Juan
 92b CATHOLIC

2013
ENGLISH VERSION
The Gospel of John (Sacra Pagina)
Collegeville MN, USA: The Liturgical Press
Ed. Daniel J. Harrington

and what God was, the Word also was

https://books.google.pl/books?id=2xDRFYKldboC
 93

2005
The New Testament: An Understandable Version (Ed. 3)
Seattle: Impact Publications, USA
William E. Paul

and the Word was [what] God [was]

http://ncbible.info/MoodRes/Transmission/AUVcompleteEdition11-V3.pdf
 94

2005
The New Simplified Bible
Canon City, CO
James Madsen

and the Word was like God (God-like)

http://jw-archive.wikispaces.com/file/view/New+Simplified+Bible_JEHOVAH+New+Testament.pdf
https://pl.scribd.com/document/120728144/JEHOVAH-New-Testament-New-Simplified-Bible
 95

2005
 HaBrit HaChadasha (Ed. 4)
(revised translation of Salkinson-Ginsburg)
Aaron Zelig Gabe

and he, the Word, was a god

  bd'w

http://www.nazarenemedia.net/uploads/8/1/0/5/8105580/brit_chadasha_in_ivrit.pdf
 96 CATHOLIC

2005
The New Covenant Commonly Called The New Testament:
Peshitta, Aramaic Text With a Hebrew Translation Hg-von (Ed. 2)
Jerusalem: The Bible Society (Ed. 1, 1986)
Jacob Barclay – Massimo Pazzini (Eds.)

and a god was this Word

bd 'wh  

http://jer-31.com/Download/Peshitta.zip
 97

2005
The Gospel According to St John (Black’s New Testament Commentaries)
London-New York: Hendrickson Publishers & Continuum
Andrew T. Lincoln

and what God was, the Word was

https://books.google.pl/books?id=eYmxAwAAQBAJ
 98

2005
Christolog Bible King James Version:
Corrected Edition
html
Richard P. Carroll

and the Word was a {mighty one}

http://www.christolog.com/NT.html
 99

2005
The Compact Fully Translated Bible (vol. 2)
(Amos-Revelation)
Bloomington: AuthorHouse
William R. Harwood

and the Logos was a god

https://archive.org/details/compactfullytran00will
 100

2006
The Holy New Covenant
(New Testament)
Victory Version Translation
(work yet not finished)
Clifford R. Besson (Ed.)

and a superior one was that Expression

 101

2006
The Pre-Nicene New Testament:
Fifty-four Formative Texts (Ed. 1)
Signature Books, Salt Lake City, USA
Robert M. Price

i Słowo był bogiem

and the Word was a God
 102

2007
Zürcher Bibel (Ed. rev.)
Michael Weinrich – Rainer Albertz – Georg Plasger –
Jochen Denker – Magdalene L. Frettlöh – Klaus Haacker –
Holger Domas – Ilka Werner – Karl Friedrich Ulrichs

and of divine nature was the Logos

und von Gottes Wesen war der Logos

electronic version:
https://www.die-bibel.de/bibeln/online-bibeln/zuercher-
bibel/bibeltext/bibel/text/lesen/stelle/53/10001/19999/
 103

2007
Awful Scroll: The Straight New Testament
html / e-sword
Emery Szasz

and the Word was the essence of God

http://awfulscroll.50webs.com/index.htm
 104

2008
A Translator’s Translation of the New Testament
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cummins Works
Ellis W. Deibler, Jr.

and he has God’s nature

http://ebible.org/t4t/TranslatorsTranslation.pdf
 105

2008
Das Evangelium des Johannes in seiner ursprünglichen Gestalt:
Wiederherstellung und Kommentar
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Folker Siegert

and divine was the Logos

und göttlich war der Logos

http://digi20.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00083874_00183.html
 106
2010
The Nazarene Commentary. 21st Century Version of the Christian (Vol. 1)
Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation, Australia
Mark H. Miller

and the Word was god-like

https://books.google.pl/books?id=z_Oex3IDPSYC
 107

2010
Hebrew-Greek Colored Interlinear New Testament
PDF
Lanny Mebust (Benyamin benQehath)

w’Elohim hayah hadabar (=and a god was the Word)

http://www.bayithamashiyach.com/Scriptures.html
 108

2011
SPANISH
Las Sagradas Escrituras
Versión Israelita Nazarena (VIN)
El Candelero de Luz, Inc., Puerto Rico
José Antonio Álvarez Rivera (Ch. Ed.)

and [he that is] the Word was a mighty one

y [el que es] la Palabra era poderoso

https://carmelourso.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/biblia-version-israelita-nazarena-completa.pdf
 109

2011
SPANISH
Las Sagradas Escrituras
Versión Reina Valera Restaurada
Isabela: Editorial Hebraica, Puerto Rico
revised: Yosef Aharoni (?)

and the Word was a mighty one

y el Verbo era poderoso

https://pl.scribd.com/document/357664823/Biblia-Reina-Valera-Restaurada-2011
 110

2011
The Holy Bible: New European Version With commentary
Menai Central, NSW, Australia – South Croydon, Surrey,
England – Sumner WA, USA: Carelinks Publishing
Duncan Heaster

and the word was Divine

http://www.n-e-v.info/otnt/nt1.pdf
 111

2011
Gospel of the Kingdom for Students:
A Harmony of the Four Gospels (paraphrase)
Peacemakers’ Press, Gainesville, FL: USA
Robert Roberg

Roberg has given also below translation:

https://www.robertroberg.com/
 112

2012
Your Name’s Bible:
The Holy Bible Translated by a Hollywood Screenwriter
html (revision of KJV)
Troy Nilsson

version of June 24, 2018:

[YAH’s] Word is Elohim [mighty, in charge of everything]

http://yhvh.name/?b
 113

2012
The Scriptures NET (Heb.-Eng.)
html, yet not finished
Mikhael Yereq

At first he was the being spoken,

and he, the being spoken, he was with haElohim,
and Elohim he was he, the being spoken.

http://www.scripture.net.nz/contents_brit.html
 114

2012
The Scriptures for the Whole House of Israel
html, yet not finished
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Stephen Zimmerman?

and the Expression was elohim

http://www.1bread.org/ScriptureCommentary/Scripture-Index.html
 115a

2012
NORWEGIAN
Pakten — Guds Ord.
Den nye pakten: Matteus — Åpenbaringen (Ed. 1)
Jordly
Arne Jordly

og Ordet ble gud

http://janchristensen.net/det_storste_mennesket.pdf
 115b

2015
ENGLISH VERSION
The Pact — The Word of God.
The New Pact, Matthew — Revelation (Ed. 2)
Jordly
Arne Jordly

and the Word became god

http://gudsogkristikirke.com/engelsk/00/index.html
 116

2012
The Wilton Translation of The New Testament
Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Trafford Publishing
Clyde C. Wilton

and the Word was divine

https://books.google.pl/books?id=AIhRqEcuDT0C
 117

2012
nwy yp l hwdqhw 
The Gospel according to John, revision of Delitzsch’s version
London: Trinitarian Bible Society
G. Lodder – D. Paul Rowland – Adrianus C. Rijken

and the Word was a god

 bd

https://www.tbsbibles.org/resource/collection/10B4B62B-75A3-4AA9-8252-
E0C00A2DE046/‫יוחנן‬-‫פי‬-‫על‬-‫הקדושה‬-‫הבשורה‬-‫ספר‬.pdf
 118

2012
Patterns of Creation: Logos and the Tree of Life in the Gospel of John
Alresford, Hants, UK: Axis Mundi Books
Stephen Pope

and the Logos was Divine

https://books.google.pl/books?id=6vTsBAAAQBAJ
 119

2012
The Beloved and I. New Jubilees Version of Sacred Scripture
in Verse With Verse Commentaries: The Gospels (Ed. 3)
Kuopio: Adams & McElwain Publishers, Finland
Thomas G. McElwain

The word was an exalted one

https://archive.org/stream/TheBelovedAndIVolume1to10ByThomasMcElwain/The
Beloved and I Volume 7 Gospels Translated By Thomas McElwain (2012)
https://books.google.pl/books?id=d-lHDwAAQBAJ (2014)
 120 CATHOLIC

2013
SPANISH
Evangelio y cartas de Juan: Génesis de los textos juánicos
Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero, S.A.
Senén Vidal

the Word was divine

la Palabra era divina
 121

2013
The Revised English Version New Testament
IN: Martinsville: Spirit & Truth Fellowship International, Inc., USA
John W. Schoenheit

and what God was, the word was

http://www.stfonline.org/pdf/rev/REV_whole.pdf
 122

2013
EOB: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament:
Based on the Patriarchal Text of 1904 with extensive variants
ed. Laurent Cleenewerck
archbp. Vsevolod Scopelos

and the Word was {what} God {was}

https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/assets/uploads/books/18204/
Eastern_Orthodox_Bible-New_Testament.pdf
 123

2013
The Scriptures of Yahweh
html
John Sherman?

The Word was one of the gods.

version of 17-03-2019

http://yahchanan.com/Love/Yahchanan.php
 124

2013
ROMANIAN
Scripturile Creştine – Psalmii Proverbele:
traducerea Calea Creştină (Ed. 1)
PDF
anonimous

and a God was the Word

şi un Dumnezeu era Cuvăntul

http://www.caleacrestina.ro/download/SCC.pdf
 125

2013
FRENCH
Évangile de Jean: Texte grec, traduction et notes
PDF
Didier Fontaine

and a god was the Logos

et dieu était le Logos

http://areopage.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/FONTAINE_Evangile_De_Jean.pdf
 126

2014
Mark, Matthew, Luke and John
The 4 Gospels newly translated and entirely revised
to accord with the latest textual discoveries
Lulu Publishing, Australia
John H. Reid

Yet Wisdom was divine.

https://books.google.pl/books?id=54OLBgAAQBAJ
 127

2014
XHOSA
Izibhalo eziphuhlisa imvelaphi yobuhebhere (OT & NT)
Elim Ministries
John Wahl

and the Word was powerful

laye iLizwi linamandla
 128

2014
The New Testament: The Kingdom of God Version (Ed. 2, rev.)
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Raymond C. Faircloth

and what God was, the message was

 129

2014
NT Greek Translation: An inter-verse commentary (Ed. 3)
PDF
Tara Stockdale

also “the specific god” (=JCg) was The Word

http://futurelife.org/document-category/nt-greek-translation/
 130

2015
Fusion English Version Bible:
The Gospel of John
Amazon Ltd.
Daniel Harder

and the Logos had divine nature

 131

2015
The Sacred Scriptures (in 3Vols.)
(Germ.-Eng.)
Traunreut: Ebozon Publishing
Johannes Biermanski

and the Word was DIVINE NATUR

und das Wort war göttlich

https://books.google.pl/books?id=fXE6CgAAQBAJ
 132

2015
The Light.
The Life of Jesus Revisited: A New Gospel
Lulu Publishing Service, Australia
Ernest S. Johnson III

and the word was divine

https://books.google.pl/books?id=ZRX8CgAAQBAJ
 133

2015
SPANISH
Biblia del Hebreo al Español: Brit Hajadash-N.T. (Volume 2)
Panama
Yojanan ben Peretz

and the memra was powerful

y la memrah era poderosa

https://issuu.com/osva613/docs/sefer_de_yojanan_en_3d
 134

2016
PORTUGUESE
Bíblia Livre (BLIVRE)
Creative Commons Atribuição 3.0, Assembleia de YAHWEH, Brasil
Diego Santos – Mario Sérgio – Marco Teles

and the Word was divine

e o Verbo era divino

http://www.assembleiadeyahweh.com.br/leia-a-biblia/
 135

2016?
PORTUGUESE
Bíblia Israelita
Comunidade Judaica Familia Israelita, Brasil
Eliyahu Pinho (ch. coordinator)

and the word was divine

e a palavra era divina

http://www.bibliajudaica.com/index.php
 136

2016
Book of The Covenant:
An Integrated Translation & Transliteration
of the Hebraic Scriptures (Ed. 5)
Gimel Uriyah
Gimel Uriyah

and the Word was with ELOHIM,

and the Word was Elohim.

https://books.google.pl/books?id=R8dNDQAAQBAJ
 137

2016
A Non-Ecclesiastical New Testament
being a translation into English
of Greek writings dating
from the First and Second Centuries of the Common Era
PDF
Frank Daniels

And “God” the message was

http://www.friktech.com/rel/net.pdf
 138

2017
The Synoptic Gospel: The Story of The Life of Jesus
Surrey, British Columbia: Smart Publishing Ltd., Canada
Daniel John

and the Word was Divine

https://synopticgospel.com/the-synoptic-gospel-scene-012/
 139

2017
The New Testament
New Haven and London: Yale University Press
David Bentley Hart

and the Logos was god

https://books.google.pl/books?id=kmo3DwAAQBAJ
 140

2018?
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh (HHH)
(do not confuse with Hebrew version rdh Haderekh, 1979)
html
Biblica – International Bible Society, USA
?

and a god was the Word

bd w

https://www.biblica.com/bible/hhh/1/‫יוחנן‬-‫פי‬-‫על‬-‫הבשורה‬/
 141

2018
SPANISH
La Sagrada Escritura: Versión del Nombre Divino
Escrituras Griegas Cristianas
PDF, yet not finished, Mexico
Jimmy Peraza?

and a god was The Word

y un dios era La Palabra

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tab8i9c60Z6pry1QeYFqSNutjZ3D1rZh/view
 142

2018
SPANISH
Sagrada Escritura: Kitbé - HaKodesh - Ha Torah Ha hwhy
Kajal Yisraelita de Yahshua Shiló
PDF
Yhemaelh Zeev

and the Davar was a mighty (unsure translation)

y la Davar era poderosa
 143

2018
The Hebrew Names ‘Plus’ Version
of the B’rit Chadashah (the “New” Testament)
html (last update 15 Jan 2018)
revision of The World Messianic Bible
?

v'hu ha-davar hayah mighty

and_this słowo was

http://webbpage-hnpv.com/HNPV/books.html
 144

2018
Clarified King James Bible
html (Ed. 1: 2009)
Hall V. Worthington

version 1.15.7 February 18, 2019

and the Word was god

http://www.hallvworthington.com/getverses.php?search=John 1;&version=160
 145

2018
FRENCH
La Bible Darby Clarifiée
html
Hall V. Worthington

version 1.15.7 February 18, 2019

and the Word was god

et la Parole était dieu

https://www.hallvworthington.com/getverses.php?search=John 1;&version=150;
 146

2018
SPANISH
La Biblia Moderna en Español
html
Hall V. Worthington

version 1.15.7 February 18, 2019

and the Word was god

y el Verbo era dios

https://www.hallvworthington.com/getverses.php?search=John%201;&version=151;
 147

2018
An Invitation to Reading in English – N.T.
[The New Covenant in Yeshua the Mashiah]
PDF
(Ed. 1: 2008)
Oun Jon Kwon

version 8.5.7 of December 19, 2018:

and as what God is, the Word was

http://tiny.cc/bostonreaders
 148

2019
The Literal Idiomatic Translation of the New Testament
html
Hal Dekker

the last update: 5-03-2019

and (kai) [a] god (theos) was being (en) the (ho) Word (logos)

http://www.believershomepage.com/zjohn_01.html
 149

IN WORK
POLISH
Ewangelia według Jochanana
Grzegorz Kaszyński

version of 19 March 2019

literal translation: dynamic translation:

and a god was the Logos and the Logos was a god
i bogiem był Logos i Logos był bogiem